Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The End of Bananas as We Know Them


Bananas are dying. At least the variety we commonly eat in the States. They have Panamas Disease, and due to being raised as a gigantic monoculture, there is no cure.
Soon -- in five, 10 or 30 years -- the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist. The story of how the banana rose and fell can be seen a strange parable about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world -- and where they are leading us.
Read the whole article by Johann Hari from the Seattle PI.

From office chat, Sunday brunch and dinner

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